Module POLM156 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
POLM156: The Transformation of Politics in the Global Age
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
| Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short Essay | 600 words | 1-8 | Oral and written feedback |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
| Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | 0 | 0 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
| Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short essays in answer to pre-set questions | 30 | 3,000 words | 1-8 | Written and oral comments |
| Essay on a chosen topic | 70 | 5,000 words | 1-8 | Written comments |
Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
| Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short essays in answer to pre-set questions | Short essays (on pre-set questions) 3,000 words | 1-8 | August/September reassessment Period |
| Essay on a chosen topic | Essay (on a chosen topic) 5,000 words | 1-8 | August/September reassessment Period |
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Max Weber, Politics as Vocation; Carl Schmitt, The Concept of the Political; Anthony Smith, The Ethnic origins of nations (Blackwell, 1986)
David Miller, On nationality (OUP, 1995); S. Caney, D. George and P. Jones (eds) National Rights, International Obligations (Westview Press, 1996)
Andrew Linklater, The Transformation of Political Community (Polity, 1997)
Amy Gutman and Charles Taylor, Multiculturalism (Princeton UP, 1992)
Alan Patten, Equal Recognition (2015); Brian Barry, Culture and Equality (2000)
Hannah Pitkin, The Concept of Representation (1967)
Michael Saward, The Representative Claim (2012)
Margaret Canovan, The People (2005)
I. Shapiro and C. Hacker-Cordon (eds) Democracy's Edges (CUP, 1999)
D. Archibugi, D. Held and M. Kohler (eds), Re-imagining political community (Polity, 1997)
C. Brown (ed), Political restructuring in Europe (Routledge, 1994)
Philippe Schmitter, How to democratize the European Union (Rowman and Littlefield, 2000)
Claus Offe, Europe Entrapped (2015)
Archibugi, Daniele, The Global Commonwealth of Citizens (2008)
John Keane, Global Civil Society? (2010)
William Scheuerman, Liberal Democracy and the Social Acceleration of Time (2004)
